Under Pressure to meet the new and revised Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety Goals?
Our best-selling survey prep resource is back and fully revised for 2008!
Just as your organization struggles to get a handle on the 2007 Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), along come the changes for 2008. Many chapters of The Joint Commission’s Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) have new or revised entries, and hospitals are also expected to comply with two additional NPSGs. Complicating matters, The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) expects you to comply with early guidelines for its revamped 2009 standards!
Staying ready for survey has never been more challenging. The pressure is on for facilities to show proof of policies and procedures, and to train staff effectively. Ensure that your organization is ready for Joint Commission survey! Rely on a field-tested resource from a name you can trust. HCPro is pleased to offer the 2008 edition of The Joint Commission Mock Survey Made Simple.
The 2008 Edition gives you:
- New details about the survey process
- The basics of mock surveys, and hints for making them even more valuable as both a training resource and a gauge of your facility’s survey preparation level
- A look at what you’re expected to do to get ready for 2009
- Updated self-assessments and policy recommendations
- Informative, easy-to-understand icons
- Straightforward checklists and examples
Identify compliance weak spots.
The simple-to-use and updated checklists you will find in our 2008 Edition will allow you to assess your facility’s compliance. These checklists have also been revised to reflect the new scoring requirements of the National Patient Safety Goals.
Take a look at the table of contents:
2008 survey process and scoring guidelines
Checklist 1: 2006 National Patient Safety Goals
Checklist 2: Ethics, rights, and responsibilities (RI)
Checklist 3: Provision of care, treatment, and services (PC)
Checklist 4: Medication management (MM)
Checklist 5: Infection control (IC)
Checklist 6: Improving organization performance (PI)
Checklist 7: Leadership (LD)
Checklist 8: Environment of care (EC)
Checklist 9: Human resources (HR )
Checklist 10: Management of information (IM)
Checklist 11: Medical staff (MS)
Checklist 12: Nursing (NR)
Plus the companion CD-ROM includes updated “Responsibilities” checklists for medical staff leaders, department managers, patient unit interdisciplinary teams, and ambulatory sites including physicians’ offices.
Meet our expert authors
Kathryn A. Chamberlain, CPHQ, has more than 25 years of healthcare management experience with the North Shore Medical Center in Salem, MA, a Partners (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital) affiliate. In that organization, she managed performance improvement, utilization management, and accreditation activities, which culminated in accreditation with commendation. She was also instrumental in the start-up of the North Shore Health System, an integrated healthcare organization, and was responsible for developing its Medical Management Program. For the past decade, she has been an independent consultant, assisting hospitals in New England with Joint Commission survey preparation and follow-up activities. She has been involved with more than 15 successful Joint Commission surveys.
Candace J. Hamner, RN, BA, MA, has been actively involved in Joint Commission survey preparation since 1981 in four different hospitals. Currently, she is the vice president of care management for Northwest Hospital Center (NWHC), a LifeBridge Health Center, in Randallstown, MD. In this role, she serves as the hospital’s safety officer and Joint Commission survey coordinator, and she oversees the hospital’s quality and performance improvement, Joint Commission accreditation, utilization review, risk and claims management, medical library, infection control, employee health, medical records, patient satisfaction, and social work. NWHC received accreditation with commendation in 1995 and 1998.
Who should buy this book?
Discover the premier survey prep guide that has been in use for over a decade! The Joint Commission Mock Survey Made Simple, 2008 Edition, is a go-to resource for survey coordinators, quality/PI managers, medical staff leaders, and senior managers and directors.
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